{"id":2686,"date":"2025-05-31T10:17:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T08:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drift.al.uw.edu.pl\/driftidentity2\/?page_id=2686"},"modified":"2025-05-31T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T08:17:56","slug":"rudyard-kipling-the-ballad-of-east-and-west","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drift.al.uw.edu.pl\/driftidentity2\/rudyard-kipling-the-ballad-of-east-and-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudyard Kipling. The Ballad of East and West."},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a0a0a;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-family: 'times new roman';\">Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,<br \/>\nTill Earth and Sky stand presently at God&#8217;s great Judgment Seat;<br \/>\nBut there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,<br \/>\nWhen two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth! <\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a0a0a;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side,<br \/>\nAnd he has lifted the Colonel&#8217;s mare that is the Colonel&#8217;s pride.<br \/>\nHe has lifted her out of the stable-door between the dawn and day<br \/>\nAnd turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a0a0a;\">Then up and spoke the Colonel&#8217;s son that led a troop of the Guides<br \/>\n&#8220;Is there never a man of all my men can say where Kamal hides?&#8221;<br \/>\nThen up and spoke Mohammed Khan, the son of the Ressaldar:<br \/>\n&#8220;If ye know the track of the morning-mist, ye know where his pickets are.<br \/>\n&#8220;At dusk he harries the Abazai\u2013at dawn he is into Bonair,<br \/>\n&#8220;But he must go by Fort Bukloh to his own place to fare.<br \/>\n&#8220;So if ye gallop to Fort Bukloh as fast as a bird can fly,<br \/>\n&#8220;By the favour of God ye may cut him off ere he win to the Tongue of Jagai.<br \/>\n&#8220;But if he be past the Tongue of Jagai, right swiftly turn ye then,<br \/>\n&#8220;For the length and the breadth of that grisly plain is sown with Kamal&#8217;s men.<br \/>\n&#8220;There is rock to the left, and rock to the right, and low lean thorn between,<br \/>\n&#8220;And ye may hear a breech-bolt snick where never a man is seen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a0a0a;\">The Colonel&#8217;s son has taken horse, and a raw rough dun was he,<br \/>\nWith the mouth of a bell and the heart of Hell and the head of a gallows-tree.<br \/>\nThe Colonel&#8217;s son to the Fort has won, they bid him stay to eat<br \/>\nWho rides at the tail of a Border thief, he sits not long at his meat.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s up and away from Fort Bukloh as fast as he can fly,<br \/>\nTill he was aware of his father&#8217;s mare in the gut of the Tongue of Jagai,<br \/>\nTill he was aware of his father&#8217;s mare with Kamal upon her back,<br \/>\nAnd when he could spy the white of her eye, he made the Pistol crack.<br \/>\nHe has fired once, he has fired twice, but the whistling ball went wide.<br \/>\n&#8220;Ye shoot like a soldier,&#8221; Kamal said. &#8220;Show now if ye can ride!&#8221;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s up and over the Tongue of Jagai, as blown dust-devils go<br \/>\nThe dun he fled like a stag of ten, but the mare like a barren doe.<br \/>\nThe dun he leaned against the bit and slugged his head above,<br \/>\nBut the red mare played with the snaffle-bars, as a maiden plays with a glove.<br \/>\nThere was rock to the left and rock to the right, and low lean thorn between,<br \/>\nAnd thrice he heard a breech-bolt snick tho&#8217; never a man was seen.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a0a0a;\">They have ridden the low moon out of the sky, their hoofs drum up the dawn,<br \/>\nThe dun he went like a wounded bull, but the mare like a new-roused fawn.<br \/>\nThe dun he fell at a water-course\u2013in a woeful heap fell he,<br \/>\nAnd Kamal has turned the red mare back, and pulled the rider free.<br \/>\nHe has knocked the pistol out of his hand\u2013small room was there to strive,<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8216;Twas only by favour of mine,&#8221; quoth he, &#8220;ye rode so long alive:<br \/>\n&#8220;There was not a rock for twenty mile, there was not a clump of tree,<br \/>\n&#8220;But covered a man of my own men with his rifle cocked on his knee.<br \/>\n&#8220;If I had raised my bridle-hand, as I have held it low,<br \/>\n&#8220;The little jackals that flee so fast were feasting all in a row.<br \/>\n&#8220;If I had bowed my head on my breast, as I have held it high,<br \/>\n&#8220;The kite that whistles above us now were gorged till she could not fly.&#8221;<br \/>\nLightly answered the Colonel&#8217;s son: &#8220;Do good to bird and beast,<br \/>\n&#8220;But count who come for the broken meats before thou makest a feast.<br \/>\n&#8220;If there should follow a thousand swords to carry my bones away.<br \/>\n&#8220;Belike the price of a jackal&#8217;s meal were more than a thief could pay.<br \/>\n&#8220;They will feed their horse on the standing crop, their men on the garnered grain.<br \/>\n&#8220;The thatch of the byres will serve their fires when all the cattle are slain.<br \/>\n&#8220;But if thou thinkest the price be fair\u2013thy brethren wait to sup,<br \/>\n&#8220;The hound is kin to the jackal-spawn\u2013howl, dog, and call them up!<br \/>\n&#8220;And if thou thinkest the price be high, in steer and gear and stack,<br \/>\n&#8220;Give me my father&#8217;s mare again, and I&#8217;ll fight my own way back!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a0a0a;\">Kamal has gripped him by the hand and set him upon his feet.<br \/>\n&#8220;No talk shall be of dogs,&#8221; said he, &#8220;when wolf and grey wolf meet.<br \/>\n&#8220;May I eat dirt if thou hast hurt of me in deed or breath;<br \/>\n&#8220;What dam of lances brought thee forth to jest at the dawn with Death?&#8221;<br \/>\nLightly answered the Colonel&#8217;s son: &#8220;I hold by the blood of my clan:<br \/>\n&#8220;Take up the mare for my father&#8217;s gift\u2013by God, she has carried a man!&#8221;<br \/>\nThe red mare ran to the Colonel&#8217;s son, and nuzzled against his breast;<br \/>\n&#8220;We be two strong men,&#8221; said Kamal then, &#8220;but she loveth the younger best.<br \/>\n&#8220;So she shall go with a lifter&#8217;s dower, my turquoise-studded rein,<br \/>\n&#8220;My &#8216;broidered saddle and saddle-cloth, and silver stirrup twain.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe Colonel&#8217;s son a pistol drew, and held it muzzle-end,<br \/>\n&#8220;Ye have taken the one from a foe,&#8221; said he. &#8220;Will ye take the mate from a friend?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;A gift for a gift,&#8221; said Kamal straight; &#8220;a limb for the risk of a limb.<br \/>\n&#8220;Thy father has sent his son to me, I&#8217;ll send my son to him!&#8221;<br \/>\nWith that he whistled his only son, that dropped from a mountain-crest<br \/>\nHe trod the ling like a buck in spring, and he looked like a lance in rest.<br \/>\n&#8220;Now here is thy master,&#8221; Kamal said, &#8220;who leads a troop of the Guides,<br \/>\n&#8220;And thou must ride at his left side as shield on shoulder rides.<br \/>\n&#8220;Till Death or I cut loose the tie, at camp and board and bed,<br \/>\n&#8220;Thy life is his &#8211; thy fate it is to guard him with thy head.<br \/>\n&#8220;So, thou must eat the White Queen&#8217;s meat, and all her foes are thine,<br \/>\n&#8220;And thou must harry thy father&#8217;s hold for the peace of the Border-line.<br \/>\n&#8220;And thou must make a trooper tough and hack thy way to power<br \/>\n&#8220;Belike they will raise thee to Ressaldar when I am hanged in Peshawur!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a0a0a;\">They have looked each other between the eyes, and there they found no fault.<br \/>\nThey have taken the Oath of the Brother-in-Blood on leavened bread and salt:<br \/>\nThey have taken the Oath of the Brother-in-Blood on fire and fresh-cut sod,<br \/>\nOn the hilt and the haft of the Khyber knife, and the Wondrous Names of God.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a0a0a;\">The Colonel&#8217;s son he rides the mare and Kamal&#8217;s boy the dun,<br \/>\nAnd two have come back to Fort Bukloh where there went forth but one.<br \/>\nAnd when they drew to the Quarter-Guard, full twenty swords flew clear<br \/>\nThere was not a man but carried his feud with the blood of the mountaineer.<br \/>\n&#8220;Ha&#8217; done! ha&#8217; done!&#8221; said the Colonel&#8217;s son. &#8220;Put up the steel at your sides!<br \/>\n&#8220;Last night ye had struck at a Border thief\u2013to-night &#8217;tis a man of the Guides!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a0a0a;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,<br \/>\nTill Earth and Sky stand presently at God&#8217;s great Judgment Seat;<br \/>\nBut there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,<br \/>\nWhen two strong men stand face to face though they come from the ends of the earth!<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">\n<p lang=\"en-US\">\n<h1 style=\"margin: 0in; line-height: 21pt; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.0pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Rudyard Kipling.<\/span><span style=\"background: white;\">The Ballad of East and West.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>tlum. Anna Ba\u0144kowska<\/p>\n<p><cite style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; color: #595959;\">From &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/nowynapis.eu\/tygodnik\/nr-86\/artykul\/ballada-o-wschodzie-i-zachodzie\">https:\/\/nowynapis.eu\/tygodnik\/nr-86\/artykul\/ballada-o-wschodzie-i-zachodzie<\/a>&gt; <\/cite><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; background: white;\">Wsch\u00f3d to jest Wsch\u00f3d, a Zach\u00f3d \u2013 Zach\u00f3d i nigdy nie zejd\u0105 si\u0119 razem,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; background: white;\">Dop\u00f3ki Ziemi i Nieba na s\u0105d B\u00f3g swoim nie wezwie rozkazem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; background: white;\">Lecz furda Zach\u00f3d albo Wsch\u00f3d, kraj, rasa, urodzenie,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; background: white;\">Gdy zejdzie si\u0119 si\u0142aczy dw\u00f3ch, cho\u0107by i z kra\u0144c\u00f3w Ziemi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Kamal dwudziestk\u0119 swoich zuch\u00f3w skrzykn\u0105\u0142, by zam\u0119t sia\u0107 na granicy,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Ukrad\u0142 spod stajni chlub\u0119 pu\u0142kownika,<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">klacz dro\u017csz\u0105 od oka \u017arenicy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Wywi\u00f3d\u0142 j\u0105, ledwie nasta\u0142 \u015bwit, bez \u017cadnych ceregieli,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Odwr\u00f3ci\u0142 jej podkowy w mig, i tyle go widzieli.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Wtedy wyst\u0105pi\u0142 pu\u0142kownika syn, dow\u00f3dca Hindus\u00f3w oddzia\u0142u:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Czy \u017caden z was, \u017co\u0142nierzy mych, nie s\u0142ysza\u0142 nic o Kamalu?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Wtedy wyst\u0105pi\u0142 Mohammed Chan, syn ressaldara:<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Niestety!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Sprawd\u017a, gdzie si\u0119 kryje poranna mg\u0142a, a znajdziesz jego pikiety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">O zmroku n\u0119ka on Abazai, o \u015bwicie pod Bonair si\u0119 skrada,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Lecz b\u0119dzie mija\u0142 Fort Bukloh, tamt\u0119dy mu droga wypada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Staraj si\u0119 ptaka wy\u015bcign\u0105\u0107 w locie i konia w galopie nie \u017ca\u0142uj,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">A z \u0142aski Boga z\u0142apiesz go w Forcie, nim minie prze\u0142\u0119cz Jagai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Lecz je\u015bli prze\u0142\u0119cz Jagai minie, to lepiej zawr\u00f3\u0107 ju\u017c z dala,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Bo na r\u00f3wninie tej wzd\u0142u\u017c i wszerz czaj\u0105 si\u0119 ludzie Kamala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Ska\u0142y tam z prawej, ska\u0142y z lewej strony, a mi\u0119dzy nimi cier\u0144 lichy;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Nagle trzask s\u0142yszysz odwiedzionej broni, cho\u0107 ludzi ni widu, ni s\u0142ychu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Syn pu\u0142kownika zaraz konia dosiad\u0142, a diabe\u0142 to by\u0142 narowisty,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">I \u0142bem zarzuca\u0142, pian\u0119 z pyska toczy\u0142, jak pot\u0119pieniec ognisty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Syn pu\u0142kownika do Fortu dotar\u0142, do sto\u0142u go tam prosili,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Lecz kto z\u0142odziejom po pi\u0119tach depcze, nie lubi traci\u0107 ni chwili.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Gna\u0142 w skok przed siebie, gniadosza nie szcz\u0119dzi\u0142, Fort dawno w tyle zostawi\u0142,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Gna\u0142, zanim wreszcie klacz ojca dop\u0119dzi\u0142 pod sam\u0105 prze\u0142\u0119cz\u0105 Jagai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Dop\u0119dzi\u0142 klacz ojca i widz\u0105c, \u017ce Kamal wci\u0105\u017c si\u0119 nie rusza z jej grzbietu,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Do strza\u0142u si\u0119 z\u0142o\u017cy\u0142 i wzi\u0105\u0142 go na cel i szarpn\u0105\u0142 za spust pistoletu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Wypali\u0142 raz jeden, wypali\u0142 raz drugi, \u015bwisn\u0119\u0142a kula chybiona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Strzelasz jak \u017co\u0142nierz \u2013 powiedzia\u0142 Kamal \u2013 lecz co wyci\u015bniesz z konia?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">I zn\u00f3w pod g\u00f3r\u0119, przez prze\u0142\u0119cz Jagai, gdzie diabe\u0142 wichry w tan goni,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u015amiga jak rogacz rozjuszony gniadosz, lecz klacz niczym<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">m\u0142oda \u0142ani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Gniadosz si\u0119 na w\u0119dzidle zapar\u0142, oci\u0105ga si\u0119 i boczy,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">a dla kasztanki to jest fraszka; jak panna si\u0119 z nim droczy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Ska\u0142y tam z prawej, ska\u0142y z lewej strony, a mi\u0119dzy nimi cier\u0144 lichy;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">trzykro\u0107 trzask s\u0142ycha\u0107 odwiedzionej broni, cz\u0142owieka ni widu, ni s\u0142ychu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Wy\u015bcign\u0119li ju\u017c w p\u0119dzie sierp ksi\u0119\u017cyca blady, t\u0119tent si\u0119 ni\u00f3s\u0142 a\u017c do ranka;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Niczym byk w\u015bciek\u0142y rwa\u0142 do przodu gniady, jak sarna sadzi\u0142a kasztanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Wtem pada rumak, z nim je\u017adziec upada, run\u0119li nad brzegiem strugi;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Kamal zawraca kasztank\u0119 i zsiada, pomaga mu stan\u0105\u0107 na nogi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">I wytr\u0105ciwszy mu z d\u0142oni pistolet \u2013 a miejsca by\u0142o tam ma\u0142o<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">powiada:<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Tylko z \u0142aski mojej tak d\u0142ugo \u017cywy jecha\u0142e\u015b.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Przez mil dwadzie\u015bcia nie by\u0142o ni krzak\u00f3w, ni ska\u0142y, aby si\u0119 schowa\u0107,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">a jednak m\u00f3j cz\u0142owiek ze strzelb\u0105 przy oku gdzie\u015b musia\u0142 w kucki warowa\u0107.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">I gdybym tylko da\u0142 mu r\u0119k\u0105 znak, a przecie\u017c trzyma\u0142em j\u0105 nisko,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">stado szakali zbieg\u0142oby si\u0119 w mig, ucztowa\u0107 na pobojowisku.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">I gdybym g\u0142ow\u0119 opu\u015bci\u0142 na chwil\u0119, a przeciem wysoko j\u0105 trzyma\u0142,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">kani, co teraz pod chmurami kwili, brzuch z \u017carcia by si\u0119 ugina\u0142.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">I odpar\u0142 lekko pu\u0142kownika syn:<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Pofolguj zwierz\u0119tom i ptakom,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">lecz zwa\u017c, kto zg\u0142osi si\u0119 po moje szcz\u0105tki, nim fet\u0119 wyprawisz kamratom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Bo gdy si\u0119 tysi\u0105c \u017co\u0142nierzy tu stawi, by moje ko\u015bci st\u0105d uwie\u017a\u0107,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">zapewne ceny tej uczty szakali koniokrad nie b\u0119dzie m\u00f3g\u0142 unie\u015b\u0107.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Nakarmi\u0105 konie waszym zbo\u017cem z pola, do cna spichlerze spustosz\u0105,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Ze strzech waszych ob\u00f3r ogniska rozpal\u0105 i<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">byd\u0142o na mieczach roznios\u0105.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">I je\u015bli uznasz t\u0119 cen\u0119 za godn\u0105, bo twoi na och\u0142ap czyhaj\u0105,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">wszak pies szakala jest dalekim dalekim krewnym, wi\u0119c wyj, psie, niech si\u0119<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">zbiegaj\u0105!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Ale je\u017celi cena ci nie w smak \u2013 w ludziach i sprz\u0119cie, i ziarnie<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">to oddaj klacz, a o powr\u00f3t m\u00f3j bi\u0107 mi si\u0119 z tob\u0105 wypadnie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Kamal za r\u0119k\u0119 m\u0142odzie\u0144ca pochwyci\u0142 i patrz\u0105c mu w oczy, powiada:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Nie godzi si\u0119 wspomina\u0107 psy, gdy stary wilk z m\u0142odym gada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Niech gryz\u0119 ziemi\u0119, gdyby\u015b z r\u0119ki mej na mieniu ucierpia\u0142 czy gardle!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Lecz czemu tak ze \u015bmierci kpisz, co ci pomog\u0142y te szable?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">I odpar\u0142 lekko pu\u0142kownika syn:<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Powinno\u015b\u0107 dla krwi mej zwyci\u0119\u017ca.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Za\u015b klacz ojcowsk\u0105 przyjmij w darze mym; na Boga, nosi\u0142a dzi\u015b m\u0119\u017ca!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Wtem do m\u0142odzie\u0144ca podbiega kasztanka, o pier\u015b mu si\u0119 pyskiem ociera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Dwa my si\u0142acze s\u0105 \u2013 rzecze Kamel \u2013 lecz ona m\u0142odego wybiera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Niech zatem idzie, lecz wyposa\u017cona w wodze turkusem nabite,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">dodam jej tak\u017ce dwa srebrne strzemiona i siod\u0142o haftem okryte.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Wyj\u0105\u0142 pistolet pu\u0142kownika syn i luf\u0105 do ty\u0142u obr\u00f3ci\u0142.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Jeden zabra\u0142e\u015b je\u0144cowi \u2013 rzek\u0142 mu \u2013 od przyjaciela przyjm drugi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Wi\u0119c dar za dar \u2013 odpowie Kamal \u2013 rami\u0119 za rami\u0119 stawiam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Ojciec tw\u00f3j syna za mn\u0105 s\u0142a\u0142, ja swego mu dzi\u015b oddawam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Gwizdn\u0105\u0142 przeci\u0105gle, za\u015b jedynak jego, ni chwili nie mitr\u0119\u017c\u0105c,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">w skok run\u0105\u0142 spod szczytu i zastyg\u0142 jak lanca, przed ojca obliczem si\u0119 pr\u0119\u017c\u0105c.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Odt\u0105d do \u015bmierci lub mego rozkazu \u2013 w kantynie, w stanicy, w obozie<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Twoje \u017cycie jest jego, a twym przeznaczeniem jest strzec go, bo g\u0142ow\u0105 odpowiesz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Odt\u0105d na wikcie ty Bia\u0142ej Kr\u00f3lowej, na wrog\u00f3w jej masz polowa\u0107<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">I nawet ojca swego musisz n\u0119ka\u0107, by pok\u00f3j graniczny zachowa\u0107.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">A jako \u017co\u0142nierz b\u0105d\u017a m\u0119\u017cny i hardy, to si\u0119 do szar\u017cy przebijesz,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Pewnie mianuj\u0105 ci\u0119 ressaldarem, gdy mnie stryczek w\u0142o\u017c\u0105 na szyj\u0119.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Spojrzeli sobie m\u0142odzie\u0144cy w oczy i fa\u0142szu si\u0119 nie dopatrzyli;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Przysi\u0119gli sobie braterstwo krwi, na chleb i s\u00f3l \u015bluby z\u0142o\u017cyli.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Przysi\u0119gli sobie braterstwo krwi na ogie\u0144, dar\u0144 \u015bwie\u017co wyci\u0119t\u0105,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">przysi\u0119gli na chajberski n\u00f3\u017c, na bog\u00f3w imiona \u015bwi\u0119te.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Dosiad\u0142 syn pu\u0142kownika klaczy, za\u015b ch\u0142opak Kamala gniadego,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">wr\u00f3cili obaj do Forth Bukloh, lecz wjazd by\u0142 tam dla jednego.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">A gdy dotarli razem do stra\u017cnicy, dwudziestka mieczy rozb\u0142ys\u0142a,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">z oczu zbrojnego oddzia\u0142u Hindus\u00f3w nienawi\u015b\u0107 plemienna wytrys\u0142a.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">Sta\u0107! Sta\u0107!<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">zakrzykn\u0105\u0142 syn pu\u0142kownika<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"background: white;\">I bro\u0144 opu\u015bci\u0107 do nogi!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">Wczoraj \u015bcigali\u015bcie w nim rozb\u00f3jnika, dzi\u015b to towarzysz nasz drogi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"background: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; background: white;\">Wsch\u00f3d to jest Wsch\u00f3d, a Zach\u00f3d \u2013 Zach\u00f3d i nigdy nie zejd\u0105 si\u0119 razem,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; background: white;\">Dop\u00f3ki Ziemi i Nieba na s\u0105d B\u00f3g swoim nie wezwie rozkazem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; background: white;\">Lecz furda Zach\u00f3d albo Wsch\u00f3d, kraj, rasa, urodzenie,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; background: white;\">Gdy zejdzie si\u0119 si\u0142aczy dw\u00f3ch, cho\u0107by i z kra\u0144c\u00f3w Ziemi.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/drift.al.uw.edu.pl\/driftidentity2\/rudyard-kipling-the-ballad-of-east-and-west\/\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2686","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drift.al.uw.edu.pl\/driftidentity2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drift.al.uw.edu.pl\/driftidentity2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drift.al.uw.edu.pl\/driftidentity2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drift.al.uw.edu.pl\/driftidentity2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drift.al.uw.edu.pl\/driftidentity2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drift.al.uw.edu.pl\/driftidentity2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2687,"href":"https:\/\/drift.al.uw.edu.pl\/driftidentity2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2686\/revisions\/2687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drift.al.uw.edu.pl\/driftidentity2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}